Patents by Inventor Toshio Nojima

Toshio Nojima has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040102694
    Abstract: In an apparatus for measuring absorbed power including an electromagnetic field probe 1 fixedly mounted within a head simulation phantom 2 which simulates the configuration and the electromagnetic characteristics of a head of a human body, and wherein the strength of an electric field or a magnetic field of a radio wave externally irradiated upon the head simulation phantom 2 is measured by the electromagnetic field probe 1, and the power of the radio wave absorbed by the head is estimated on the basis of measured values, the head simulation phantom 2 comprises a solid dielectric 10′ which simulates the configuration and the electromagnetic characteristics of a head of a human body or a liquid dielectric 10 which simulates the electromagnetic characteristics of a head of a human body and which is filled in an enclosed vessel 10 which simulates the configuration of a head of a human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Takahiro Iyama, Yoshiaki Tarusawa, Shinji Uebayashi, Toshio Nojima
  • Publication number: 20040009793
    Abstract: To provide a super directional gain in a multi-element array antenna. An array antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements A-1-A-4 spaced at intervals (equal to or less than a quarter of a wavelength) that provides a supergain is used. A weight generator circuit generates weight data in accordance with phase difference and amplitude difference among the antenna elements A-1-A-4 and directivity data of each of the antenna elements A-1-A-4. The generated weight data is used to weight each of the antenna elements A-1-A-4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo Yamaguchi, Noriyoshi Terada, Toshio Nojima
  • Patent number: 6621367
    Abstract: In an input signal power dynamic range compressing circuit, an input signal is distributed by a directional coupler to a linear signal transfer path and a compressing signal generating path, and in the compressing signal generating path a compressing signal, which keeps the peak-to-average-power ratio of the input signal below a predetermined value, is generated from the input signal. The compressing signal is combined by a power combiner with the input signal having passed through the linear signal transfer path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Motoyuki Uchida, Toshio Nojima
  • Publication number: 20030123565
    Abstract: Different carrier frequencies are chosen for plural transmitters of a transmitting device and signals are transmitted at frequency bands overlapping each other. In the receiving device weighting coefficients are provided in input-to-output paths of an interchannel interference canceller 21 so that the cross correlation between output signals from the interchannel interference canceller is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukuda, Yasunori Suzuki, Noriyoshi Terada, Toshio Nojima
  • Publication number: 20030085759
    Abstract: In a feedforward amplifier with a dual loop in which a distortion injection path of a distortion elimination circuit 50 is provided as a feedforward configuration composed of a first auxiliary amplifier distortion elimination circuit 60 and a first auxiliary amplifier distortion elimination circuit, a second variable attenuator 55 and a second variable phase shifter 56 are provided preceding the distortion detection circuit 60, a second pilot signal injected between stages of a main amplifier 14 is detected by a directional coupler 85, and the second variable attenuator 55 and the second variable phase shifter 56 are controlled by a second controller 97 to minimize the level of the detected second pilot signal, thereby bringing the distortion elimination circuit and the first auxiliary distortion detection circuit into balance at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Toshio Nojima
  • Patent number: 6515544
    Abstract: A feed-forward amplifier configuration 40n having a distortion detector circuit and a distortion canceller circuit is formed between an input port Ipn and an output port OPn of a multi-terminal power-combining power amplifier with a main amplifier 4M provided for each channel between an input-side multi-terminal power combiner 3 and an output-side multi-terminal power combiner 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Tetsuo Hirota, Toshio Nojima
  • Publication number: 20020173343
    Abstract: In a high sensitive radio receiver system for a diversity reception from two antennae per each of three sectors (SC1, SC3, SC3), a series connection of a bandpass filter (31 to 36) and a low noise amplifier (41 to 46) is contained in each of a plurality of vacuum chambers (81 to 86), the interior of which is cooled by a distinct, separate cooling unit (91 to 96). The two antennae per sector are connected to bandpass filters contained in different vacuum chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Shoichi Narahashi, Kunihiro Kawai, Kei Satoh, Toshio Nojima
  • Patent number: 6480706
    Abstract: A receiver directs the center of the main beam of the antenna directivity response in a desired direction by passing signals received by n antenna elements 1a to 1d through a phase shifter 3. An output from the phase shifter 3 is passed through a receiving filter 5 and is then amplified by a low noise amplifier 6 to be delivered as an output. The phase shifter 3 is confined together with the receiving filter 5 and the amplifier 6 in a cryostat 8, and the phase shifter 3 as well as the receiving filter 5 and the amplifier 6 are cooled down by cooling means 9 through a cold stage 9a, whereby the thermal noises generated therein are reduced to a minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mimura, Kei Satoh, Shoichi Narahashi, Toshio Nojima
  • Patent number: 6392483
    Abstract: In a feed-forward amplifier a signal power dynamic range compressing circuit for compressing the power dynamic range of the input signal to the feed-forward amplifier is provided in a distortion detecting loop at the input side of a main amplifier, and the output backoff of the main amplifier is reduced to thereby achieve high-efficiency amplification of the feed-forward amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Toshio Nojima
  • Publication number: 20020048071
    Abstract: A divider/combiner unit combines RF signals, then converts the combined signal into an optical signal and sends it over an optical fiber. N radio access units each convert the optical signal received from the optical fiber into an RF signal and transmits it from an antenna, and each radio access unit converts an RF signal received by the antenna into an optical signal and sends it over an optical fiber to the divider/combiner unit. The divider/combiner unit converts the received optical signal into RF signals and outputs them. This system is operated as plurality of communication systems in common to them in correspondence to a plurality of input/output terminals of the divider/combiner unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Ning Chen, Yoshiaki Tarusawa, Toshio Nojima
  • Publication number: 20020039912
    Abstract: A mobile communication base station determines the oncoming direction of a radio wave with a simple arrangement and transmits a narrow angle beam in this direction. Received signals from a pair of wide angle beam antennae 21-1 and 21-2 having an equal configuration and a common orientation and which are located close to each other are fed to a direction finder receiver 22 and a communication receiver 15. By utilizing the fact that the both received signals have a coincident amplitude, a phase difference between the received signals is detected. The oncoming direction of the received radio wave (or the direction of a mobile station) is determined on the basis of the phase difference. A beam switcher 12 is controlled so as to connect a transmitter 13 to a narrow angle beam antenna (one of 11-1 to 11-4) which is directed in the oncoming direction thus determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo Yamaguchi, Noriyoshi Terada, Toshio Nojima
  • Publication number: 20020003842
    Abstract: A radio communication system is comprised of: a transmitting system in which N transmission signals, frequency-converted to the same transmission frequency, are generated by N transmitters, N being an integer equal to or greater than 2, and the transmission signals are each applied to each one of N elements of an antenna for transmission; and a receiving system in which each transmitted signal is received by N-element antenna and the cross correlation coefficient between the transmitted signals received by the N-elements is minimized to thereby reconstruct each transmitted signal. The plural transmitted signals of the same frequency are received and the cross correlation coefficients of the received transmitted signals are minimized to thereby permit multiplexing of the transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Tetsuo Hirota, Toshio Nojima
  • Publication number: 20010043118
    Abstract: In a feed-forward amplifier a signal power dynamic range compressing circuit for compressing the power dynamic range of the input signal to the feed-forward amplifier is provided in a distortion detecting loop at the input side of a main amplifier, and the output backoff of the main amplifier is reduced to thereby achieve high-efficiency amplification of the feed-forward amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Toshio Nojima
  • Patent number: 6320464
    Abstract: In a distortion injection path (15) wherein a detected distortion component of a main amplifier (23) becomes amplified, distortion by an auxiliary amplifier (29a) is detected by an auxiliary distortion detector (42) composed of a variable attenuator (27a), a variable phase shifter (28a), a first auxiliary amplifier (29a), a delay line (36) and a phase inverter (37), and the detected distortion is cancelled by an auxiliary distortion canceller (43) composed of a variable attenuator (27b), a variable phase shifter (28a), a second auxiliary amplifier (29b) and a delay line (39), thereby increasing the efficiency of the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Toshio Nojima
  • Publication number: 20010006359
    Abstract: In an input signal power dynamic range compressing circuit, an input signal is distributed by a directional coupler to a linear signal transfer path and a compressing signal generating path, and in the compressing signal generating path a compressing signal, which keeps the peak-to-average-power ratio of the input signal below a predetermined value, is generated from the input signal. The compressing signal is combined by a power combiner with the input signal having passed through the linear signal transfer path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Applicant: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Motoyuki Uchida, Toshio Nojima
  • Patent number: 6208204
    Abstract: In the balance adjustment using a pilot signal in a distortion detector and a distortion canceller of a feed-forward amplifier for amplifying a CDMA transmission signal, a pilot code is spread by a long code different from that of the CDMA transmission signal to obtain the pilot signal. The pilot signal is converted to a signal of the transmission frequency band, and the converted signal is injected into the transmission signal at the input side of the amplifier. The pilot signal frequency band is detected from the output of an auxiliary amplifier of the distortion canceller and converted to the base band, thereafter being despread to detect the pilot signal (code).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Toshio Nojima, Shoichi Narahashi
  • Patent number: 6178158
    Abstract: In a method for transmission and reception over N transmission channels, the transmitting side performs orthonormal transform processing of N-channel modulated signals so that the resulting transformed output signals have lower cross-correlation, and the transformed N-channel signals are multiplexed and transmitted over the N-channels. At the receiving side, the N-channel received signals are subjected to inverse orthonormal transform processing to obtain N-channel modulated signals, which are demodulated to obtain a digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Ken Kumagai, Toshio Nojima
  • Patent number: 5907585
    Abstract: An automatically gain-controlled analog received signal is AD converted to a digital signal, which is subjected to quadrature demodulation processing through operation. The quadrature demodulation result is subjected to low-pass filter processing through operation, that is, a digital detection is performed by software processing to a variable in each software processing in accordance with changes in the modulation method of the received signal and in the symbol transmission rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Suzuki, Ken Kumagai, Toshio Nojima
  • Patent number: 5812296
    Abstract: In a fiber optics transmission system in which a plurality of access units are cascade-connected via up-link and down-link optical fiber lines and connected to a base unit, the base unit has a beat noise detector and a noise information generator and, upon detection of beat noise, noise information is sent to each access unit over the optical fiber lines. Each access unit has a random signal generator for generating a random value in response to the noise information and a wavelength control circuit for randomly selecting and controlling the oscillation wavelength of a laser diode, and each access unit repeats random wavelength selection until the noise information is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Networks Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tarusawa, Toshio Nojima, Yasushi Ito
  • Patent number: 5796307
    Abstract: An input signal is applied to a first phase shifter whose phase shift amount-vs.frequency characteristic is a square-law characteristic, then the output from the first phase shifter is amplified by an amplifier, and the amplified output is applied to a second phase shifter which has a phase shift amount-vs.-frequency characteristic that is substantially inverse to that of the first phase shifter, thereby obtaining an amplified output signal from the second phase shifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Kumagai, Toshio Nojima, Shoichi Narahashi